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The online home for Revolver Magazine and the Golden Gods Awards delivers hard rock and heavy metal news, Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock, music video, photos and moreTue, 31 Mar 2015 19:00:50 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2Check Out Another Mysterious Video From Dawn of Asheshttp://www.revolvermag.com/news/check-out-another-mysterious-video-from-dawn-of-ashes.html
http://www.revolvermag.com/news/check-out-another-mysterious-video-from-dawn-of-ashes.html#commentsWed, 25 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000http://www.revolvermag.com/?p=16570Not that long ago, Revolver received a mysterious package from an unknown sender, containing a video that we posted here and a note that read, “This is just the beginning.” Well, as it happens, we’ve gotten another video, and it’s just gotten creepier. Check it out below.

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http://www.revolvermag.com/news/check-out-this-mysterious-video-from-dawn-of-ashes.html#commentsTue, 12 Apr 2011 20:52:16 +0000http://www.revolvermag.com/?p=14046Revolver recently received a mysterious package from an unknown sender. The package had the following video and a letter that read, “This is just the beginning.” Check it out below.

Newsworthy artistic choice: Dimmu Borgir recently changed the cover art for their newest album, Abrahadabra, only a few weeks after it was released. The change was from a multi-eyed industrial gargoyle man to the exact same image with a skull instead of a man’s face.

Recent suggestion heard by this author: The change was because the man’s face looked like he was blowing a dude.

HAIL: THE GRIMMEST OF BLOWJOBS!
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Last night, I went to see Dimmu Borgir, who played with Enslaved, Blood Red Throne, and Dawn of Ashes in New York. Here's what happened.

Word of the night:

Monolith.

First time I saw Dimmu Borgir: The Hard Rock Café in midtown with Krisiun and Cryptopsy. Some dude behind me kept screaming “STORMBLAST” for the entire performance.

Last time I saw Dimmu Borgir: Wacken Open Air 2007. They killed it.

Favorite thing about Terminal 5: It’s nestled beneath this grey monolith of a building overhang.

Least favorite thing about Terminal 5: It’s about three blocks West of anything.

Number of dudes in corpsepaint witnessed upon arrival: 6.

Number of dudes in corpsepaint in the audience: Too many to count. Hey, why not, man, Kiss and all that.

Weird corpsepaint choice of the night: The dude rocking the weird sideburn lines that Dimmu frontman Shagrath used to wear. Looks really weird next to all the slapdash paint jobs, I have to say.

The great thing about Enslaved: They convey all the dark psychedelia of black metal while at the same time just being five dudes onstage exercising the ether—no set pieces, no costumes.

Number of times I covet Grutle Kjellson’s moustache: 35.

Newsworthy artistic choice: Dimmu Borgir recently changed the cover art for their newest album, Abrahadabra, only a few weeks after it was released. The change was from a multi-eyed industrial gargoyle man to the exact same image with a skull instead of a man’s face.

Recent suggestion heard by this author: The change was because the man’s face looked like he was blowing a dude.

HAIL: THE GRIMMEST OF BLOWJOBS!

And finally: Dimmu Borgir, from Norway.

Sounds like: The slow-rolling tank brigade of the Marquis De Sade’s apocalyptic army.

Looks like: …snow leopards, currently.

Dear Dimmu Borgir: I get what you’re doing with the white furry outfits. You’re trying to show how all-white is as kult as all-black, and you’re attempting to look like Vlad Tepes or Atilla the Hun or one of those maniacs out of time. And I respect that, that mountain warlord thing. But it’s really, really weird to see you dressed like black metal snow bunnies, and I was really, really hoping for some spiked black shinguards tonight. Just saying.

Crushing opener: “Spellbound (by the Devil).”

Great new track: “Born Treacherous.”

Best song of the set: The monolithic rendition of “Puritania.”

Interesting set piece: The standing model of the blowjob-y gargoyle head. Huh?

Verdict: Say what you want about Dimmu Borgir being mainstream or sell-outs or whatever—they sell it in the live arena.

But hey: That’s just my two monoliths.

Photo by Kjell Ivar Lund

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http://www.revolvermag.com/uncategorized/enter-the-worlds-loudest-metal-sale-sweepstakes-at-fye-and-get-a-free.html#commentsMon, 25 Oct 2010 19:59:48 +0000http://revolvermag.com/features/?p=9203Revolver, the World's Loudest Rock Magazine, is sponsoring the World's Loudest Metal Sale going on right now at FYE stores nationwide. Were that not awesome enough, we've teamed with the retail chain to create one hell of a sweepstakes, going on through the end of October! One Grand Prize winner will get a $200 FYE gift card, and vinyl, T-shirts, posters, or other cool swag from Cephalic Carnage, Black Anvil, Mushroomhead, and more! There are more great prizes for the Second and Third Place winners, but here's the best part: Everyone who enters gets a free 20-track MP3 metal sampler with music by Cephalic Carnage, Dawn of Ashes, Sister Sin, and more!

]]>Revolver, the World's Loudest Rock Magazine, is sponsoring the World's Loudest Metal Sale going on right now at FYE stores nationwide. Were that not awesome enough, we've teamed with the retail chain to create one hell of a sweepstakes, going on through the end of October! One Grand Prize winner will get a $200 FYE gift card, and vinyl, T-shirts, posters, or other cool swag from Cephalic Carnage, Black Anvil, Mushroomhead, and more! There are more great prizes for the Second and Third Place winners, but here's the best part: Everyone who enters gets a free 20-track MP3 metal sampler with music by Cephalic Carnage, Dawn of Ashes, Sister Sin, and more!